Guatemala could become 'mini-Colombia,' DEA warns

GUATEMALA CITY -- Guatemala needs to fight the growing power of drug gangs or it could follow in the footsteps of violence-ravaged Colombia, an official of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency warned Tuesday. "If they don't change things, they could have a mini-Colombia here," Michael O'Brien, DEA attache at the U.S. Embassy, told reporters. Last week, DEA agents in the United States detained Guatemala's anti-narcotics chief, Adan Castillo, and two of his aides on charges they were helping to smuggle narcotics.